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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… servant, the cook, the undercook, the barber, and the laundress. Surprisingly there was no butler or manciple. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a paid servant is in a deed of 1517, appointing a College laundress. Pre-Reformation bequests were numerous, and all …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… food. Provision was made for two servants, a barber and a laundress. A fellow was to be nominated weekly to act as …
Survey of London
… each with the exception of one which was shared by a laundress and a seamstress and their dependants. The most …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Establishment of 1699. 3 At the Restoration there was a laundress for the King's board and a laundress for the Household. The Establishment of 1664 lists … two at 20 per annum each, the last at 18 5s. In 1685 the laundress to the household table received 120 per annum. …
Survey of London
… Oldys), a page of the back stairs (James Worthington), a laundress (Elizabeth Worthington) and a groom of the wardrobe …
Old and New London
… surprised to hear a voice in the dining-room, where the laundress was lighting a fire. She had found the door … was the scene of a very horrible crime. Sarah Malcolm, a laundress, aged twenty-two, employed by a young barrister …